'Trade unions are our best defence against recession, yet we're hell-bent on weakening them' 🔵 FisherAndrew79 for ipaperviews
finds that, “low-income households report owing around £22bn in debt, with £12.5bn of new debt being taken on this year”. We risk a series of debt defaults unless people’s incomes are urgently propped up., should be cheering on trade unions. Instead, the Government on Monday brought forward poorly thought-out legislation designed to further weaken trade unions.would allow employers to use agency workers to break strikes.
I’m not convinced there’s a stand-by army of agency barristers, and the training and safety protocols in place mean that roles like train drivers and signallers won’t be easily replaced. Instead, agency workers will be used to break the strikes of low-paid workers doing entry level jobs, but even here employers will be reluctant to take this step – and reputable employment agencies certainly are.
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